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BBJs Go Bigger and Backlog Grows

Boeing has sold 205 BBJs based on all of its aircraft models and that includes its two newest widebodies: the 787 twinjet and the 747-8 Intercontinental, t

Aircraft

October 12, 2011

Gulfstream's Elite Interiors Mirror the G650's Cabin

Gulfstream Aerospace is showing its newly announced “Elite” interiors for the G550 and G450 here at NBAA 2011

Aircraft

October 12, 2011

Cargolux Takes Delivery of First 747-8

Cargolux reaches deal with Boeing, GE on 747-8Fs.

Aircraft

October 12, 2011

Gulfstream G650 Advances Toward Certification

Gulfstream G650 Advances Toward Certification

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October 12, 2011

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Legacy 500 To Fly By Year End

Work is progressing on Embraer’s newest offering, the midsize Legacy 500, and the Brazilian airframer says it is on schedule to fly the $18.4 million twinj

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October 11, 2011

GKN Shows Strong Technology Card to Bizav World

Aerostructures specialist GKN (Booth No.

Engines

October 11, 2011

Preowned Market Showing Interesting Shifts

A few years ago at the NBAA show we witnessed more than 1,000 Dow points melt away during the three-day convention.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Light Jet Report Finds Jets Still Selling

Nearly exactly two three years ago, in October 2008, I was sitting in the back of a Citation CJ1+ headed to the NBAA convention in Orlando, Fla.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Gulfstream Weathering Stormy Skies

 Class warfare is much in the headlines of late, and there’s a sort of parallel in business aviation.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Cessna Expects Slightly Better 2011 and Good Things To Come from Its New Matrix Organization

Like most other manufacturers in the aviation industry, the business of building, selling and supporting business aircraft continues to be a financially mi

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Piper’s Altaire Gets Ready To Fly

Piper is getting ready to fly its Altaire single-engine jet next year and is doing the spadework to place it into economical production.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Pilatus Displays PC-12NG Spectre ISR Platform

Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft is displaying the Spectre, a variant of its popular PC-12 NG single-engine turboprop reconfigured for ISR.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

XoJet Places $50M Order for Hawker 800XPRs

Charter operator XOJet yesterday announced a firm order for seven Hawker 800XPRs, with delivery of all seven scheduled before the end of the year.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Bombardier Announces More Global Suppliers

Bombardier announced more suppliers and a few additional design and production details for the new Global 7000 and 8000 long-range business jets.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Minsheng Places Firm Order for 13 Embraer Legacy 650s

Embraer celebrates a sale of 13 Legacy 650 jets to China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

New Pricing, Delivery Date Set for Eclipse

A new revitalized Eclipse VLJ is rising from the ashes of bankruptcy with a boost from Sikorsky’s substantial minority investment.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Engine Redesign Adds Delay to HondaJet Program

Deliveries of the HondaJet will be delayed until at least mid-2013 because of a late-stage redesign of the GE Honda Aero HF120 engine that powers it.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

OVIV Introduces 280 L Security System

OVIV Security Technologies of France introduced its newest on-ground aircraft security system at NBAA 2011.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Falcon SMS ‘100 Percent Go’ at Dassault

Dassault’s still-under-wraps Falcon super-midsize (SMS) will be in a category above today’s Falcon 2000 series.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011

Gulfstream G650-inspired Interiors for G450, G550

Gulfstream unveils Elite cabin for G450 and G550.

Aircraft

October 11, 2011